Alan Guttmacher

Alan Guttmacher

Alan Frank Guttmacher, MD (1898-1974) was an American obstetrician/gynecologist who devoted his career to the welfare of women and minorities. He served as president of Planned Parenthood and vice-president of the American Eugenics Society. Dr. Guttmacher founded the American Association of Planned Parenthood Physicians, now known as the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, as a forum for physicians to discuss the birth control pill and other advances in the field. He founded the Association for the Study of Abortion in 1964. He was a member of the Association for Voluntary Sterilization. The Guttmacher Institute is named after him.

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